Jack Lew to undergo prostate procedure

Mar. 24, 2014
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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew / Andre Penner, AP

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will be off for a week as he undergoes "an outpatient surgical procedure" Tuesday for a benign enlarged prostate, the Treasury Department said.

The procedure will be performed in New York.

Lew "expects to remain at home in New York for the remainder of the week," said Treasury spokesperson Natalie Wyeth Earnest. "His physician expects that he will be able to return to his full schedule next week."

Lew, 58, the former Chief of Staff to President Obama, has been Treasury Secretary since early 2013.